Fountain-pen.



A. B. SPANGLBR.

FOUNTAIN PEN. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 27. 1908.

Patent ed 0ct.1 9, 1909.

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ARTHUR BRAND SPANGLER, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

I FOUNTAIN-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 19, 1909.

Application filed July 27, 1908. Serial No. 445,638.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR BRAND Smxunnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFountain-Pens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fountain-pens; and it consists in the novelconstruction and combination of the parts hereinafter fully describedand claimed whereby the Writing fluid is formed from water andcoloringmatter at the pen-as required.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a pen, drawnto an enlarged scale. I Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on the line w-win Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the feeder, showing a modification.

A is a short tubular holder, and B is a feeder formed of a plug which isinserted in holes f are formed in the the holder A.

C is the pen'which is of any approved form, and which is held betweenthe feeder and the holder.

The front end of the feeder is provided with a feeding-beak b whichbears against the nibs of the pen near their points.

C is a tubular reservoir for water which is secured to the holder A.

The feeder is provided with longitudinal grooves d in its outer surfacewhich extend from the point of the feeding-beak Z) to within a shortdistance of its rear end, but which do not extend to its rear end. Achamber a for coloring-matter, such as inkpowder, is formedwithin thefeeder and is open to the reservoir at its rear end. Crossfeeder whichconnect the chamber 6 with the grooves 03. The front end of thechamber'e is closed, and it is arranged under the grooves d andeccentric of the cylindrical feeder-plug. The small openings f or f arearranged at short distances apart longitudinally, and these openings andthe grooves are formed in the and the holder does not become "so largeex-v ternally as to be inconvenient to hold between the fingers writing.A multiplicity of very small holes is provided so that a strainer isformed which prevents the oscape' of solid matter from the chamber a inthe form of mud, but which permits the dissolved coloring matter to passto the pen point.

' In the modification shown in Fig. 3, slits f are shown, and both holesf and slits f can be used if desired, for the same purpose. E is aremovable supply chamber or tube for coloring-matter which is insertedin the rear end of the holder and which projects.

within the reservoir, but' this removable supply chamber can bedispensed with if desired. The water from the reservoir dissolvesportions ofthe coloring-matter in its passage through the chamber a, sothat a suitable writing-fluid is formed This writing-fluid passesthrough the longitudinal grooves to the pen points as required in theact of writing, and air finds its way up the said grooves to take theplace of the water in the reservoir. i

The reservoir can be refilled with water as often as required, and thepen will last for a long time without 'an additional supply ofcoloring-matter. The water in the reservoir can be thrown away if thepen is not required for some time.

. The supply of coloring-matter can be re-' newed as often as necessary,and the auxiliary chamber E is a great convenience in refilling, and itenables a large supply of coloring matter to be carried. The coloringmatter is preferably inserted in the form of crayons or plugs, whichdissolve readily in water. i

What I claim is:

1. In a 'fountainpen, the combination, with a holder, of afeeder-pluginserted in the holder and provided with an external beingarranged at short distances apart and.

forming a strainer which prevents the escape of solid matter from thesaid chamber, and a reservoir connected to the said chamber andsupplying water to dissolve the said coloring matter.

2. In a fountain en, the combination, with a holder, of a eeder-pluginserted in the holder and provided with a longitudinal gaging with thesaid chamber and projecting 10 into the said reservoir.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses. I

ARTHUR BRAND SPANGLER.

groove for-ink closed at its rear end, said plug having a chamber forcoloring matter under the said groove and closed at its front end, andhaving also a series of small openings spaced at short distances a artlongitudinally and connecting the sai groove and chamber, a reservoirfor Water connected to Witnesses: the open ,end ofthe chamber, and aremovr JOHN HENRY GEORGE,

GEo. W. MOORE.

able tube for additional coloring matter en-

